Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-01-01
APPLICATION FOR PATENT

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Where the claim was not located in accord.
ance with law.
Whore several parties own separate and dis.
nnct portions Of q claim, application for
patent may be made by either for that portion
OF the claim owned by him; but where several
parties own undivided interests In q mining
claim all should join in an application for !
patent.
A person or association may purchase as
many placer locations as the local law admits.
and embrace them all In one application for @
patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced in
one application for q patent except for placer
claims embracing two or more lodes within
their boundaries
Papers sworn to before any person purport-
ing to act as q deputy for the Register and Re-
ceiver cannot be recorded az evidence.
In all patents for mining claims situsted
within the interior boundaries of q town site
. clause Is inserted "excepting and excluding
all town property, rights upon the surface,
and all houses, buildings, structures, lots
blocks, streets, alleys or other municipal i'm
provements not belonging to the grantee here.
In. and all rights necessary or proper to the
occupation. possession and enjoyment Of the
same"
Publication Of notice must be made a only
one newspaper for the period OF 60 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers, aud In daily
newspapers so days must elapse between the
| fret and last insertions.
Whore the Register esignates the Tally issue
OF q newspaper fer publication of notices of q
mining application for patent it is not q com
pliance With law to change to the weekly edi.
ton OF the same paper without authority Of
the Register.
The existence OF a salt spring on 6 tract OF
land withdrsws IL from the operation Of the
homestead and presumption laws. A hearing
for the purpose OF proving the ~agricuItura I'll
character OF such land 10 not allowed. Land
containing valuable deposits Of slate may be
entered under the mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must file q separate and
distinct claim against each application which
it 10 alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant.
The papers in an adverse claim, once filed
cannot be Withdrawn. but become % g part of the
record.
When an adverse claim has been filed it can.
not be amended so a. TO embrace a larger Dor.
ton OF the premises than that described In the
original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out In
proper form and fied In the proper local ofic CO
during the period Of publication Of the appn-
cation for the patent to be effective.
1t 10 the duty OF the adverse claimant 0
suit in proper form within the re.
quired time. and II he trusts the uncertain
medium OF the United States mail he must
abide the consequences. should the delay
ensue, through misfortune or accident. should
Tue tuiiurc W NoululeuCS suit Do Tue retIlt OF
the cor supt or dishonest action OF his attorney.
the Interior Department cannot redress the
wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth in do
tail the facts upon which he bases his adverse
claim. A statement In general terms, embody-
ing conclusions Of law. without stating the
facts specially. will not be considered Ia evil
dence.
An adverse claimant should show a compli.
ance with the local laws IN recording his claim
anA In panoEd tn ypandftura apl .h.fI al. .
copy Of the original notice of his location, and
show the nature or extent Of the conflict
alleged.
An allegation Of parties to 9 suit that they
compose the company is sufacient. and they
are not required to prove hat they are the
original ~locators or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL on MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is Of little, II any value, for agri.
cultural purposes, but is essential to the
proper development of mining claims. II
should be disposed OF under the Mining Act.
Where lands containing valuable mineral
deposits have been included In an agricultural
entry, said entry will be cancelled &C any time
prior to Issuance OF patent, upon satisfactory
evidence OF the existence OF such valuable de-
posts.
Where valuable deposits Of mineral are dis.
covered upon . tract after the samt sas been
entered a. Agricultural, but before / stent has
been issued, the parties claiming the mine
may make application for patent for same.
and the agricultural entry will be cancelled to
that portion Of the land embraced by said
mining claim.
Where mineral deposits age discovered on
agricultural lands after the patent has been
with the patent.
Agricultural College scrip cannot be
ceived In payment for claims.
AIrENa
A foreigner may make . mining location
dispose OF IT.. provided he becomes q citizen
before dispostng of the mine. Proof that the
party was not o citizen before disposing Of hts
claim must be afirmatively shown.
Locators and intermediate owners. Other
than applicants. will not be presumed aliens
IN the absence Of allegation or objection prior
to issuance Of patent.
The portion Of a mining claim sold to al
Alien cannot be patented while such owner ID
an slien; but on his declarationi o become Z
citizen his right dates back to his purchase
aud he may t%hereupon secure United States
patent for his claim.
CROSS LEDoEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 1886:
Where two or more lodges cross or intersect
each other. priority OF title shall govern, and
such prior location shall be entitled to all ore
or mineral contained within the space of inter
section, but the subsequent location shall have
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section for the purpose Of the convenien,
working OF the mine. And where two or more
veins unite the Oldest or prior location shall
take the vein below the point Of union, in,
GLIDING all the space OF intersection.
There is no authority OF law for a tunnel
location 1000 by ], 500 feet. A proper location
Ia the width OF the tunnel for 5000 feet.
There is no provision Of law for ~patentine
tunnel locations, but lodes discovered In run.
ming . tunnel may be patented In like manner
~ other lodes.
The right is granted to tunnel owners TO
LOCO feet of each blind lode, not previously
known to exist. which may be discovered In
their tunnel.
When u lode is struck or discovered for the
first time in running 8 tunnel the tunnel
owners have the option Of recording their
claim OF 800 feet all on one side OF the point
OF discovery OF intersection. or partly on one
side thereof and partly ON the other.
Prospecting for blind iodes is prohibited
the line OF a located tunnel while the tunnel
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